The Ukrainian military says it launched two missiles that severely damaged the missile cruiser Moskva, the flag ship of Russia’s Black Sea fleet, while the Kremlin reports that nyet, the ship was not hit by a missile; instead, it’s ammunition just exploded causing a major fire onboard.
Reuters reports that the mayor of the Ukrainian port city of Odessa stated that two missiles struck the 12,200-ton Moskva, which was built in 1979. “Neptune missiles guarding the Black Sea caused very serious damage,” he said in an online post.